CVE-2005-3168 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2005-3168?

CVE-2005-3168 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 6 Oct 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SECEDIT command on Microsoft Windows 2000 before Update Rollup 1 for SP4, when using a security template to set Access Control Lists (ACLs) on folders, does not apply ACLs on folders that are listed after a long folder entry, which could result in less secure permissions than specified by the template.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3168?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3168?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3168 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2005-3168 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-xr7f-qhp5-ffxc.